One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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